I've moved to Asia for 3 months

max99x · Feb 17, 2014

I've moved to South East Asia for 3 months and i'm going to be blogging about life over here

May be of interest to some of you.

First two blog posts are below (note the site has lots of other travel posts but these two and future will be focused on me in Asia)

Why I'm going to live in Asia for 3 months

I had a 1 hour foot/leg massage for £2.30, read a breakdown cost of living here

New Post - Typical working day in Chiang Mai

If anyone wants me to cover anything specific let me know and I may blog about it

aZooZa · Feb 17, 2014

Great stuff Max - join the club

tifosi · Feb 17, 2014

You can't get away from Nominet that easy!!

Edwin · Feb 17, 2014

Looks like there's a lot of fun ahead for you... enjoy!

max_rk · Feb 17, 2014

Fantastic, could not agree more. I can’t wait until my children ( 2nd on the way) grow up a bit so we all can go on trip.

Only thing for me, after staying in that part of the world for some I start to crave european food. Not the best examples of Italian style picas and red wine which could be described as barely drinkable here is Europe - goes like very special treat while I am there.

AssetDomains · Feb 17, 2014

Spent some time in Chiang Mai last year your right Beautiful City hope to get back to Asia myself some time soon.

deluxedomains · Feb 17, 2014

yeah I have been to Thailand,manilla,borneo so many great places to visit for you. The people are so friendly. Most people do not have much but they are happy with the little they have.

enjoy your trip

MASSEY · Feb 17, 2014

I wouldn't mind doing something like that, you could bank a fortune in no time. I think the language barrier would get on my nerves though.

max99x · Feb 18, 2014

aZooZa said:
Great stuff Max - join the club

Where are you based?

MASSEY said:
I wouldn't mind doing something like that, you could bank a fortune in no time. I think the language barrier would get on my nerves though.

Never found the language barrier an issue here

deluxedomains said:
Most people do not have much but they are happy with the little they have.

Totally agree, so friendly and people are very happy

max_rk said:
I start to crave european food.

Yep I went to 8 countries around here a few years ago and after month 4 i was eating a lot of european food but also thai, find you can get a decent mix over here if you find the right place

I'll be blogging about working out here soon, i.e shared office i'm working from, a typical day etc

aZooZa · Feb 18, 2014

I'm in Chonburi. Be careful about renting formal office space Max. You're not supposed to do work of any description in Thailand unless you have a work permit. You could end up paying a lot of 'tea money'. Best of luck!

max99x · Feb 18, 2014

I'm just a tourist, just catching up on a few work emails

max99x · Mar 6, 2014

New blog post : typical working day here http://www.mustlook.com/typical-working-day-in-chiang-mai-thailand/

aZooZa · Mar 6, 2014

Looks like you've got it well sussed Max - that's the way to live here

Great article - thanks!

AssetDomains · Mar 6, 2014

Great post Max itching to get traveling again now. You said the office has a lot of travellers in there. Do they not get any bother from the Law I'd heard Thailand can be strict about work permits etc.

max99x · Mar 6, 2014

AssetDomains said:
Great post Max itching to get traveling again now. You said the office has a lot of travellers in there. Do they not get any bother from the Law I'd heard Thailand can be strict about work permits etc.

Not heard about any and one guys been living/working in Thailand for 3 years, the other 7.

You do need a working visa if you are working in Thailand, they can be hard to get, but then you also need a license to drive a moped but no one ever checks. Have heard stories of diving instructors getting into bother though for working on tourist visas.

Good job i'm just holidaying here whilst using cafes/nipping into wifi areas to check emails from home :lol:

Retired_Member42 · Mar 6, 2014

Good to see the connection speeds have improved since I was there. I couldn't do any work for 3 weeks... It was fantastic

Edwin · Mar 6, 2014

max99x said:
Good job i'm just holidaying here whilst using cafes/nipping into wifi areas to check emails from home :lol:

Yep, and it's great that you're not documenting your working life on a public blog too, or anything like that

(NOTE: I really enjoyed reading your story and the earlier pieces you posted, but it is technically "evidence" of an intent to work)

max99x · Mar 6, 2014

Edwin said:
Yep, and it's great that you're not documenting your working life on a public blog too, or anything like that

(NOTE: I really enjoyed reading your story and the earlier pieces you posted, but it is technically "evidence" of an intent to work)

ye i did think about this, but the whole post is just an example routine someone may do if they are out there, i just walked the route, took some photos and then went back to enjoying my holiday, i've actually no idea what working in a routine like that is like, apart from the lunch, pool, relaxing bit

Retired_Member38 · Mar 6, 2014

If you want to call yourself an internet entrepreneur and style your blog around that... would it not be worth actually blogging about stuff you're working on also?

Personally I'd find that more interesting than what you ate for lunch. You're going to quickly run out of material to blog about if you pretty much follow the same daily routine and don't write about work related stuff surely? Plus its a chance to link to / promote whatever you're working on...

Edwin · Mar 6, 2014

Monkey said:
If you want to call yourself an internet entrepreneur and style your blog around that... would it not be worth actually blogging about stuff you're working on also?

Personally I'd find that more interesting than what you ate for lunch. You're going to quickly run out of material to blog about if you pretty much follow the same daily routine and don't write about work related stuff surely? Plus its a chance to link to / promote whatever you're working on...

I guess you missed this from the blog post linked to in the first post on this thread...

Why am I blogging, well for a variety of reason including so it’s a place I can put stories and info to recall, so family and friends can keep up with what I’m up to and to help others who may want to go work abroad.

In other words, I don't think the aim is to build a popular business blog